This is not the gray you're looking for.

Drat.

We got more paint on the ceilings of the house last night. When we opened up the new can of paint we had just bought and began to pour it into our empty pans... it was not the right gray.

I checked the lid on the can. It's some color called "Silverstone" -- not our color. Ours is "Silver Screen" and that other color doesn't even appear on the chip card we gave the guy at Home Depot. I can only presume that he did a text search and wasn't careful about what color he picked from the list.

Blar. Since we already poured out some of the paint, I don't tink we can return it. It's not a terrible color, so we'll use it somewhere, just not in our living or dining rooms. Perhaps the running room or the downstairs hallway.

Lesson learned! Always check your paint lids!

At least this lesson only cost $20.